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  • Wednesday, 17 February, 2021
    Students and parents pay £1bn on unused university housing

    While colleges have often given rebates during the pandemic, private landlords have not, sparking protests

  • Friday, 29 January, 2021
    Students face second year of Covid money woes

    Many balk at paying rent for unused accommodation

  • Monday, 11 January, 2021
    UK universities
    Thousands of UK university students offered 50% rent reduction

    Move by Britain’s largest student accommodation provider expected to benefit 50,000 people hit by Covid curbs

  • Wednesday, 23 December, 2020
    Oren Cass
    Complacency and wasteful spending blight US higher education

    Forgiving billions of dollars of student debt is a bad idea

  • Sunday, 20 December, 2020
    Rana Foroohar
    A student debt jubilee could kickstart US economic recovery

    Loan forgiveness must be carefully targeted and accompanied by broader reforms

  • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
    Personal Finance
    Money Clinic podcast: Advice for graduate job seekers

    Presenter Claer Barrett talks to graduate trainee Olly as he embarks on his City career

  • Wednesday, 5 August, 2020
    Charles Calkin
    Students face a tough financial lesson in UK

    Potential undergraduates and their families face difficult choices after A-level results next week

  • Thursday, 30 July, 2020
    Special ReportFT 300: Top Registered Investment Advisers
    Financial advisers discard playbook of 2008 crisis

    Clients are advised to cancel car insurance, take gap years and bolster cash reserves

  • Friday, 27 March, 2020
    Personal Finance
    How to get refunds for school fees, season tickets and much more

    Before seeking reimbursement for services you can no longer use, it pays to know your consumer rights 

  • Promoted Content
  • Monday, 9 March, 2020
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Simple rules for managing your money

    Learning how to budget is a vital skill to master at the beginning of a career

  • Sunday, 8 March, 2020
    Charles Clarke
    UK universities need a new funding settlement

    The higher education sector should receive more from employers alongside reformed student fees

  • Friday, 3 January, 2020
    Millennial MoneyKatharine Gemmell
    Can you work out the true cost of a university education? 

    England, Scotland and Wales all have different student loans systems, but greater simplicity is needed 

  • Friday, 27 December, 2019
    News in-depth
    The $1.6tn US student debt nightmare

    45m students are paying off debts to the federal government — and many are struggling

  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2019
    News in-depth
    Shares in students: nifty finance or indentured servitude?

    Yield-starved investors are taking slices of graduates’ future income

  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2019
    Executive MBA
    How to fund an executive MBA

    High fees and a lack of employer sponsorship means students are having to tap new sources of finance

  • Thursday, 17 October, 2019
    FT Wealth
    How student debt became a cause célèbre

    After religious causes, education is the largest recipient of US philanthropic donations

  • Friday, 27 September, 2019
    Family MoneyLucy Warwick-Ching
    Starting university? Lesson one is how to budget

    Many students are more likely to worry about money than exam results

  • Thursday, 5 September, 2019
    Money MentorLindsay Cook
    Parents of students face hard lessons in finance

    Few students qualify for the full maintenance loan

  • Friday, 23 August, 2019
    Graduates yet to claim loan overpayments worth £28m

    Ex-students invited to reclaim money from Student Loans Company

  • Friday, 16 August, 2019
    ExplainerChart that Tells a Story
    How inflation is costing you more than you think

    Small difference between RPI and CPI adds up to an awful lot over time

  • Tuesday, 13 August, 2019
    UK universities
    Labour plans to reform UK universities admission system

    Proposals take aim at predicted grades, claiming they disadvantage minority groups

  • Wednesday, 7 August, 2019
    UK universities
    Peers warn against advice urging tuition fees cuts

    Review ‘completely missed the mark’ on preserving university research funding

  • Friday, 19 July, 2019
    Claer Barrett
    First job? Stand by for some harsh financial realities

    Tax, pension, student loan, travel . . . the calls on your salary seem endless 

  • Friday, 28 June, 2019
    Merryn Somerset Webb
    Student debt forgiveness is attractive but not very fair

    It subsidises those earning most to invest in the source of their advantage

  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2019
    UK universities
    Disparate earnings power for UK graduates sparks warning

    Pay gap of up to £40,000 between lawyers depending on their college

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